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Sinfonie Nr. 7 C-Dur op. 60 "Leningrader Sinfonie" 01. "1. Allegretto" 02. "2. Moderato poco allegretto" 03. "3. Adagio: Largo - Moderato risoluto" 04. "4. Allegro non troppo - Moderato"
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| | Description: | The Symphony was recorded live at Southbank Centre's Royal Festival Hall and was described at the time as a deeply moving and revelatory experience, overwhelmingly powerful. The Leningrad Symphony is a true monument to one of the darkest times in recent history. Its famous Invasion theme portrays a brooding sense of unease as an enemy approaches. It was written to bolster the people of the besieged city of Leningrad; its Leningrad premiere in summer 1942 was broadcast through loudspeakers during the siege as an act of defiance. The London Philharmonic Orchestra gave the UK premiere of this Symphony (its first performance outside Russia) in June 1942, after the score had been smuggled out of occupied Russia to the West on microfilm.
The late conductor, Kurt Masur, had a long relationship with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, dating back to 1987. This recording, made during his tenure as Principal Conductor (2000â??2007), highlights the close relationship between Conductor and Orchestra. - S.O. DES BAYERISCHEN RUNDFUNKS/MARISS JANSONSDmitri Shostakovich was one of the most important composers of the 20th century. With his works - most notably his fifteen symphonies, which took Late Romantic music and transferred it to the modern age - he has shaped the repertoire. His aesthetic is determined by the impact of the Second World War and also by the political conditions in the Soviet Union under Stalin. Forced to work for the dictator, he also had to make numerous concessions to him. It was in the war year of 1941 that Shostakovich composed his Symphony No. 7 in C major, opus 60. It comes in the approximate middle of his oeuvre and was named the "Leningrad" symphony because Shostakovich dedicated it to his native city (today's St. Petersburg). The marching theme in the first movement was composed even before the outbreak of the German-Soviet war, in around 1939 or 1940. He wrote further movements in Leningrad, during it's siege by German troops from September 8, 1941 onwards, and finally completed the symphony in Kuibyshev (Samara) on the Volga, having been evacuated from the war-torn city together with his family on October 1, 1941. It was there on March 5, 1942 that the symphony received it's world premiere, performed by the similarly evacuated orchestra of Moscow's Bolshoi Theatre under the direction of Samuil Samossud. The Moscow premiere on March 27 took place in perilous circumstances, but even an air raid alert could not convince the audience to go to the shelters, so captivated were they by the music. The music has retained it's fascination to this day, and the Seventh Symphony is considered Shostakovich's best-known work. Mariss Jansons, who himself ranks as a specialist in the Slavic repertoire as well as the symphonic music of the 19th and 20th centuries, has tackled this masterpiece on numerous occasions. This performance, released for the first time, was recorded at concerts on February 11 and 12, 2016 at the Philharmonie in Munich's Gasteig. Here, under Jansons' baton, the musicians of the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks interpret Shostakovich's Seventh Symphony as a shattering testimony to the epoch in which it was written as well as a profound expression of our present age. The live recording of those concerts is now being released by BR-KLASSIK in an exemplary interpretation of one of the most important symphonic works of the 20th century.Comes in a standard jewel case with transparent tray with 32-page booklet (not numbered), housed in a cardboard slipcase
Liner Notes in German and English
Live-Aufnahme / Live-recording: München, Philharmonie im gasteig, 9.?12. Februar 2016
Cover-Photo: "Illustration of a starving child on a front and people walking on winter streets of Leningrad siege during The Great Patriotic War"
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